FEATHERSTON ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1316, 20 December 1911, Page 5

FEATHERSTON ITEMS.

:-» —: Tho weather during tho past month has been almost wintry in temperature, and a succession of cold winds has passed over. the district. Large numbers of sheep and lambs havo been forwarded from the local railway station during the last few days, and special trains have had to bo run to carry' the increased traffic. Word has been received hero, that the Rev. T. J. Smith, lately of Ficton, and formerly stationed here, has gone to the Waikato Sanatorium for treat-roent. A start has been made with the construction of the Featherston Coronation baths, and they arc to be finished bv February 1. Funds in hand, with the Government subsidy, amount to .£215, and, as the contract price is JS2B7, efforts will be made after the. New Year to raise the balance required. A lad named Savage, while riding a bicycle near tho railway station on Monday afternoon, collided with a dog, and was thrown violently to tho ground," being rendered unconscious. He is now progressing satisfactorily. Tho new Town Hall to be built in M.irtinborougb is to bo of brick or ferroconcrete,, and. will accommodate 500 people. Competitive designs are to be invited for the plans. Tho South Wairnrapa Cricket Clnb. which had a good activo membership last year, has only played one game this season owing to lack of players, several prominent members having left the district. ■ .